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Aaron
@aarononline.bsky.social
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He/him, nerd dork, in Cork, Ireland
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Kofola Original is a good alternative if you don't like sweeteners, it's less sweet than Coke but a bit more of a herbal flavour. Should be able to get it in any shop that does Eastern European stuff
Image of a 2 litre bottle of Kofola, a Czech soft drink
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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I believe the Festiva came first in '86, it was never sold as a Mazda in Japan although they built it
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Get ready!
An Irish "Official Government Publication" with the title "Get ready for the TV switch-off on 24 October 2012 - The going digital booklet", with a still image from the advertising campaign featuring Gay Byrne.
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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A scene from Twin Peaks, where the senile waiter is prompting FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper to sign for room service, despite lying on the floor of the hotel room bleeding after being shot. The caption says "How your email finds me"
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I saw an Auto Sandal and some other incredibly rare cars at a show in Tokyo a few years back. It very much looked like a car-shaped object
Photograph of an "Auto Sandal", an early Japanese post-war four-wheeled microcar, finished in grey paint. Seen in 2018
September 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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August 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I was at Cars and Coffee Cork this weekend, and there were at least five turbo Starlets among the surprisingly large gathering in terrible weather
August 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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July 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I'm thinking of the later ones, though it only appears to be the same on one side. Pagani Zonda and Saleen S7 used similar, they seem to be Hella parts
July 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Car guts and interiors #cfz #cfz2025
Engine bay of a Vauxhall-badged Holden Monaro (LS1? LS2?) Engine bay of a mid-engined Toyota MR2 SW20. The car is a dark purple, with blue strut braces over the engine. Interior of the MR2 from the outside - the windows are down and T-top roof panels removed. It is the UK-spec "Tenth Anniversary" edition with special numbered badges/decals and a wood-leather steering wheel View of a dashboard of a car (I forget which) with custom "Gerald" lettering on the passenger side (the type of chrome letters you'd find in Halfords)
June 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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More cars #cfz #cfz2025
A silver Dacia Sandero, between a Nissan Skyline and something else sporty An orange-red Nissan Cube (2nd gen) Peugeot 206 GTi in silver
June 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Big and smol #cfz #cfz2025
1998 Bentley Brooklands in a dark blue (front quarter view) Daihatsu Copen in silver (front quarter view)
June 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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A harlequin-ish Colt/Mirage, lowered Lupo and an Aygo #cfz #cfz2025
5th gen Mitsubishi Colt (Mirage) in red with a silver bonnet and valance but dark green bumper, and a blue Volkswagen Lupo with large wheels and lowered suspension VW Lupo (continued) Mitsubishi Colt (cont'd.) Red Toyota Aygo (1st gen) with the owner posing next to it wearing a fursuit head, hand paws and tail (I forgot their name!)
June 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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I think @zelandeth.bsky.social's Trabant #cfz #cfz2025
A beige 1984 Trabant 601 (front quarter view), the registration contains "DDR" in the sequence Close-up of the nose of the Trabant Close-up of the VEB Sachsenring badge on the bonnet of the Trabant. There is a crack in the leading edge of the Duroplast bonnet, some touched up paint and other patination in the area
June 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Bonus points for @hubnut.bsky.social sticker #cfz #cfz2025
Small piece of paper stuck to the inside of a Honda Insight windscreen, which reads: "Yes it's an import Yes it's a hybrid Yes this is Birmingham No, it's not your Uber" Silver Honda Insight (2nd gen), with the tailgate open Close-up of the open tailgate, featuring a "HubNut" sticker (a YouTuber), and also ConFuzzled stickers from 2023 and 2024
June 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Beautifully shambolic Ford Escort Mk.6 #cfz #cfz2025
Front view, with bonnet open Partial rear view, with the "Escort" badge rearranged to read "Scrote", with stencilled paw prints painted on the bodywork and assorted furry stickers on the tailgate View of the engine bay, featuring a 90 bhp 1.6 litre Zetec engine with a red painted valve cover. An empty can of Vive Cola (an Aldi brand) and a packet of crisps have been jammed between the air filter box and slam panel
June 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Silly #cfz #cfz2025
Grey Seat Leon FR, with a small milk bottle stuck in a hole where the front bumper was punctured Sticker on the rear of a red Ford Focus that reads: "Chopped! Automotive waste services Call us now! 555-IN-THE-BIN" Maroon Buick Regal lowrider with silly small wheels and the hydraulic suspension raised Same Buick Regal, with one front wheel in the air. Some sort of dragon (dinosaur?) plush is sitting between the A-pillar and door mirror
June 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Sporty cars #cfz #cfz2025
Two Toyota GT86s, one white and one with grey and red stripes (white or light silver?) Subaru Impreza GC, I think a UK spec Turbo 2000? Red Mazda MX-5 NA (first generation, UK spec), with the roof up and a luggage rack on the rear Rear half of a modern Fiat 124 Spider with a registration that reads "MX05 NOT"
June 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Mid-90s Pontiac Firebird, yes it's the V6 #cfz #cfz2025
Front-side view with bonnet open Rear quarter view
June 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Volkswagen Passat Variant B4 #cfz2025 #cfz
June 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Time for more nonsense: MotorFurs at ConFuzzled 2025 #cfz2025 #cfz
Blue Toyota Celica T180 Black Smart Fortwo with the bonnet(?) and tailgate open Maroon 1987 Buick Regal lowrider with the front left wheel in the air White Nissan Skyline R33 with German number plates
June 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Meridiancore
Logo for Meridian Broadcasting (an ITV franchise) from the 1990s
May 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Fancy petrol
Me using a roadside petrol pump outside a somewhat old-fashioned country grocery store. On the footpath are two pumps (one for diesel in the background), some Calor gas bottles, vegetables stacked on crates, briquettes and some bags of kindling. The store windows have toilet paper and laundry detergent on display. The car is a red 2010 Fiat Panda. The display on the petrol pump, showing the cost and amount of fuel using a electromechanical 7-segment display. A sticker with the € symbol covers what would have originally been a pound sign (£). Blanking panels also suggest it was originally designed to show prices with a halfpenny. It is a Gilbarco Highline 2 pump, probably from the 1980s or '90s. It looks quite old and worn, except for the new-looking NSAI Legal Metrology Service sticker, which suggests the pump has been recently verified for accuracy.
May 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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57 year old electrolytics, they're fine 😎
April 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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You should go and see it live! One of the original guitarists is still in the band
April 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM